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    <body><![CDATA[As soon as I found this hardbound edition in the bookstore, I snapped it up.  This 350-page book contains J.R.R. Tolkien's interpretation of the two ancient epic poems from the Poetic Edda of the Icelandic peoples.  Tolkien's son, Christopher has compiled and edited his father's work on the &quot;La...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73059914">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a treat it is to find yet more from the pen of Tolkien. That there has continued to be a frequent publication of new works throughout the decades following his death is a testament to the Professor's vast literary output and imagination; that he wrote lengthy works such as this one, which could...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55757823">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún</em> is an eminent addition to J.R.R. Tolkien’s preeminent body of work. Here we have two marvelous tales from Norse mythology, the Lay of the Völsungs and the Lay of Gudrún, retold by a renowned philologist. These are no mere translations; indeed translation is not p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53478425">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very impressive.  After having read a good portion of Christopher Tolkien's other &quot;History of My Father's Work,&quot; this book felt like home.  Tolkien's poetry was different than I expected, and though I understand that he was going for a particular form, I wish he had gotten into the story a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56341497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned how ignorant I am about Old Norse/Icelandic legends; poetry, history and a host of other scholarly areas.<br/><br/>This is edited by J.R.R.'s son, Christopher (b. Nov. 21, 1924 - ), his father's literary executor since J.R.R.'s death in 1073. The foreword and introduction are an educatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60637808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As someone who typically is underwhelmed by Tolkien's more mythological fictional works (i.e. Children of Hurin, Silmarillon), I found myself overwhelmed with how much I enjoyed this.  I can't say if it was because it was poetry instead of prose, or because it was grounded in history rather than Tol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69747378">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyable, but kind of a weird endeavor. I get the feeling that this was Tolkien noodling around rather than anything he really intended for publication. It's not a translation of any one work-- it's an adaptation from several sources, written in a modern English style meant to evoke the feel of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56048482">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a tasteless mercenary venture trading on Tolkien's name. The book is basically a collection of Norse poetry about Sigurd and Gudrun and Tolkien's commentary on it. The poetry is uninspiring as is the commentary. I'm glad I borrowed the book rather than wasted money on buying it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found out about this one in a WSJ book review. It's great, I love it. It is a bit difficult to read due to the verse it is written in. However, that is what makes it so much fun. To see such a great author reinvent the stories of Old Norse legend.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Son does not have the same grace as the Father, but apart from the rather boring(not to mention lengthy) introduction, the actual Prose-Poetry is very beautiful.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing!  Tolkien translated this as literally as he could, so as not to lose anything in the translation.  As a result, the language is a bit hard to understand because it doesn't always form a well structured sentence.  The imagery that the poem conjures is well worth the difficulty of the reading...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76980935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are interested in the minutiae of Middle-Earth, in the influences and sources behind the epic, then this should interest you. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing read! Poetic and yet mosdtly understandable. Very valuable for any linguistics or Northern mythology/Literature student. The introduction and commentary was real insightful and down to earth. I give it four stars due to the fact that I'm not that up to date with the learned English... ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes it was stilted and intellectual. Liked it anyway, so there; NYAH!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good stuff!  I prefered the actual poems and verse here to the discussion of the work, but both are quite interesting.  The edition I picked up also has some nice, if small, illustrations, which is fun.  It's nice to have a bit of &quot;new&quot; writing from the Professor!  Christopher Tolkien did ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63203586">more...</a>]]></body>
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